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the process of establishing the authenticity of a person or other entity. Not to be confused with authorization - defining access rights to resources.
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Why isn't stealing cookies enough to authenticate?
The session was invalidated on the server. Secure websites do this to prevent exactly the kind of attack that you're describing. When you log out, the server deletes the session from its own database …
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Are reCAPTCHA enough to prevent brute-force password guesses?
I have seen sites that use a CAPTCHA after a "low" number of incorrect password attempts (such as 3) and then lock the account for a period of time (such as an hour) after a "high" number of incorrect …
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Will 2FA protect me if there is a password breach?
Similarly, what about public key authentication (not 2FA, but there's no password to leak)? …
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